Syria, Taiwan, and the New Jersey Drones | Interview: Gen. David Petraeus

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4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Jamie Weinstein is joined by David Petraeus—retired Army general, former CIA director, and author of Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine—to break down the latest out of Syria and weigh in on the unexplained drone situation in New Jersey. The Agenda: —Syria and Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham —Striking Iranian nuclear sites —Israel and Gaza —Humanitarian crisis in Gaza —The Taiwan strait —Threat of nuclear escalation —U.S. military involvement in Mexico —The New Jersey drones —The JFK files The Dispatch Podcast is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including members-only newsletters, bonus podcast episodes, and weekly livestreams—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.9	That's R-A-K-U-T-E-N. Welcome to the Dispatch podcast. I'm Jamie Weinstein.
1:16.5	My guest today is retired General David Betrayas. He needs very little introduction. Most memorably,
1:23.8	he helped lead the turnaround in the war in Iraq as commander of the troops in Iraq. He also
1:30.1	was commander of troops in Afghanistan. After leaving the army, after serving 37 years, he was the
1:37.3	director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He is now a partner at the private equity firm KKR and author of most recently Conflict,
1:47.0	the Evolution of Warfare, along with his co-author, historian Andrew Roberts. We discuss many
1:54.0	topics on this episode, basically going through all the conflict regions in the world and getting
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